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So often we hear about bad things happening to good people, but sometimes we are fortunate in that we get to see goodness rewarded in a positive way.

Last week’s Elizabethtown-Hardin County Chamber of Commerce meeting recognized two unsung heroines in our community Co-Women of the Year. Barbara Proffitt and Darlene Galvin Castille deservingly shared the honor as the chamber found its decision to select only one woman too difficult. What a great problem to have, to live in a community where it is too hard to select only one winner because the candidates are so strong.

Charles H. Belky, 73, of Elizabethtown died Friday, April 16, 2010. The funeral is at 11 a.m. CDT today at Watson & Hunt Funeral Chapel in Leitchfield. Burial will be in Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens. Visitation is in progress at the funeral home.

V.A. ‘Tiger’ Bradshaw, 81, of Columbia, Miss., formerly of Buffalo, died Friday, April 16, 2010. The funeral is at 2 p.m. today at Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home in Hodgenville with burial to follow in Buffalo Cemetery. Visitation is from noon today until the time of the services at the funeral home.

By JOSH CLAYWELL jclaywell@thenewsenterprise.com Just like former Elizabethtown vaulter Ethan Jones did with him last year, Ty Strader has taken several younger Panther athletes under his wing this season. It’s not only made Strader a better vaulter, but Elizabethtown coach Dickie Jones said it has made the Panthers’ vaulting program that much stronger. &ldquo

Rineyville resident Michael Louis Brunello, 24, admitted to a judge Tuesday that he’d “drank some beer at a friend’s house” before getting behind the wheel early one Saturday night last November to give another friend a ride to work.

What unfolded after that resulted in Brunello’s life being unraveled, the hearts of an entire family he’d never met being crushed and the death of a cab driver known by Fort Knox soldiers for his knack for telling jokes.

Sharon Thompson of the Hardin/LaRue County American Red Cross was the guest speaker at the March meeting of Zonta Club of Elizabethtown. She explained the roll of the Red Cross in the area, volunteers and their training, and how donations are used by the organization. From left, Loretta Crady, club secretary; Sharon Thompson; and Ruth Ellen Stanley, club first vice president.

The Woman’s Club of Elizabethtown attended the Kentucky Federation of Woman’s Clubs Legislative Day at the state capitol on March 18. Diane Willis, president, and Kay Barrett, art chairman, met the group at the Governor’s Mansion for a tour. They marveled at the furnishings and paintings.